About the Book
Get 24 months FREE access to an interactive eBook* when you buy the paperback! (Print paperback version only, ISBN 9781473929579)
A Unique Blend of Digital and Print Learning Resources!
Essentials of Nursing Practice is a ground-breaking new resource which introduces nursing students to the core topics they need to master during their first year and beyond. It brings the study of nursing to life across all four fields of nursing, in all settings, focussing on what it takes to be the best nurse you can be through person-centred compassionate care. Unlike any other book it uniquely blends digital and print learning resources to engage all styles of learners and to provide lecturers with helpful resources to use in their teaching.
More than just a book! An accompanying interactive eBook links to extra resources including videos, case studies, interactive revision quizzes, flashcards, study plans and more. Students can use the eBook to study where and when they want, and read, annotate and search the book on a tablet, laptop or PC. All these resources are also available through SAGE edge - visit https: //edge.sagepub.com/essentialnursing to find out more.
(Please note that the free access to these resources is only available when you purchase the Print copy of this textbook)
Key features of the print and eBook help students to:
- Understand: Colourful easy-to-navigate design, chapter topic lists, study plans and knowledge links help students to quickly grasp what they need to know and how topics are interrelated.
- Apply: Real voices from students, patients and nurses, case studies with questions, clinical skills videos, and anatomy and physiology revision help students apply knowledge in placements or practical assessments.
- Go further: ′What′s the Evidence′ summaries of research, critical thinking activities, links to SAGE journal articles, useful websites and further reading help students prepare for essays or for the next stage of their course.
- Revise: Chapter summaries, test-yourself interactive questions and key term flashcards help students do their best at assessments and exams.
Advisory Editors Learning Disabilities: Robert Jenkins and Ruth Northway, University of South Wales Child Nursing: Carol Hall, The University of Nottingham Mental Health: Steven Trenoweth, University of Bournemouth Adult Nursing: Karen Elcock, Kingston University London Clinical Skills: Fiona Everett and Wendy Wright, University of the West of Scotland
*interactivity only available through Vitalsource eBook
About the Author :
Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal. Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients. Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Currently she is researching whether nursing students' views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.
Review :
I found ′Essentials of Nursing Practice′ a well structured and comprehensive guide to modern nursing theory and practice. The ′Skills in Nursing Practice′ section is especially useful. The information is clear, coherent and most importantly relevant to a range of care areas. This book would be a valuable purchase for a first year undergraduate student, and I imagine it would be well used and worn at the end of a nursing degree. An excellent ′essentials′ textbook.
--Louise Clucas
At last, a nursing book with clinical skills included that so thoroughly integrates people with learning disabilities and learning disabilities nursing alongside the other nursing fields. The stories from students and patients bring this text to life and will ensure the reader knows why nurses do what we do not just how. A fantastic book.
--Kim Scarborough, Programme Manager for Learning Disabilities Nursing, University of the West of England, Bristol
I welcome and highly recommend this book. Rich and readable, it will be greatly valued by those embarking on a career in nursing. It creatively combines student, patient, practitioner and academic narratives to provide a detailed picture of contemporary care. The book is full of useful exercises and activities that will deepen understanding and promote learning.
--Professor Steve Tee, Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London
It has been an absolute pleasure to review the Essentials of Nursing Practice publication. Its content and design is comprehensive, evidence based, dynamic and therefore very interesting.
I was particularly delighted to read the contributions made by both students and newly qualified nurses. It brings into sharp focus the exciting, but challenging journey that novice nurses are on in the early years of their career, as they develop the professional values, attributes and practices of highly qualified, competent and confident registered nurses.
I would also like to pay tribute to the experienced nurses who contributed to this publication. I particularly applaud the four fundamental principles in which the publication has been designed: (1) holistic, person centred care, (2) awareness of the needs of all types of patients, (3) understand yourself and (4) learning can be fun. These four principles practised simultaneously are the bedrock of high quality nursing care.
--Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Director of Nursing, Health Education England
Essentials of Nursing Practice is a beautifully presented, contemporary text and a highly readable resource. It is richly embellished with activities, case studies, student and service user perspectives and fully cross-referenced with evidence, policy and further reading. The integration of the NMC Standards and ESCs provides a blueprint for students and gives the book a holistic feel. This is an excellent course companion for all student nurses.
--Paul Newcombe, Associate Professor and BSc Nursing Year 1 Lead, Kingston University and St George's, University of London
